Bag-skid.



F MI ULLMANN-I BAG SKID.

APPLICATIDN FILED IAN. I3. |916.k

1 1 87,204 Patented June'13, 1916.

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FANNIE IVI. ULLMANN, OF YOAKUM, TEXAS.

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To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FANNIE M. ULLMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yoakum, in the county of Lavaca and State of Texas, haveinvented newT and useful Improvements in Bag-Skids, lowing is aspecification.

My present invention pertains to the protection of cotton pick-sacksagainst wear during the dragging of the same over the ground; and itcontemplates the provision of a skid for the purpose, the said skid being adapted to rest under a sack and serve as a shoe incidental to thedragging of the sack, and being detachably-connected to the sack so thatthe sack can be expeditiously removed from the skid for dumping orweighing or to give place to an empty sack.

Other obj ects and advantageous characteristics of the invention will befully understood from the following description and claims when the sameare read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming partof this specification, in which:

Figure l is an inverted plan view of the skid constituting the bestpractical embodiment of my invention that I haveas yet devised. Fig. 2is an edge elevation of the skid showing the same in Working position.Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, showing the manner ofdetachablyconnecting the skid body to one of the plates that arepermanently attached to the sack.

Fig. 4 is a plan view,'partly in section, showing one of the bolts foreffecting the detachable connections. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveillustratino the arrangement of the pick-sack on the ski Similarnumerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the viewsof the drawings.

My invention contemplates the provision on each sack of metallic platesl; the said plates being riveted or otherwise permanently attached to asack 2 in the position shown in Fig. 5 or in any other positioncompatible with the purpose of my invention, and being provided withprotruding knuckles 3.

The body of my novel skid, which is num- Specication of Letters Patent.

of which the folbered 4, ispreferably, though not necessarily,y formedof galvanized-iron, and is provided at its forward Vend and on itsunderside with an intermediate barrel-section 5 and end barrel-sectionsGgfthe said sections Patented June 13, 1916. Application filed January13, 1916. Serial No. 71,966.

6 being spaced from the section 5 so as to afford intervening Vspacesfor the reception of the knuckles of the plates l in the manner shown inFigs. l, 3 and 5. As will be readily observed by reference to Figs. 2and 5 the barrel sections 5 and 6 areinexpensively formed by bending theend portion of the skid body 4f. The barrel section 5 islongitudinally-slotted as indicated by 7 and at the outer ends of saidslots 7 angularly-disposed yseats 8 are provided. Bolts 9 are i movablein the barrel section 5 and into and out of the knuckles 3 and thebarrel sections 6. The said bolts are moved through the medium of handlesections 10, said sections l() being movable in the slots 7, and whenthe handle sections 10 are swung into the seats 8 it will be noted thatther bolts will be held against casual retraction, with the result thatin practice, there is no liability of a pick-sack becoming accidentallydisconnected from the skid. In this connection, it will be observed,that incidental to the dragging of the skid over the ground, thehandlesections 10 extend rearwardly from the bolts and are drawn afterthe bolts so that there is no liability of the dragging having atendency to displace the handle sections 10 from the' seats 8. When,however, it is desired,

to disconnect the sack from the skid, it is simply necessary to swingthe handle sections 1'0 into alinement with the slots 7 and then retractthe bolts 9 until the latter are clear of the knuckles 3 of the platesl.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

1. A skid designed for use in connection with a bag equipped withknuckles; said skid comprising a body .formed of sheet-metal and havingits end portion bent to form at its underside an intermediateV barreland end barrels spaced from the intermediate barrel, and also havinglongitudinal slots in the intermediate barrel and angularly-disposed,

rearwardly-directed seats extending from said slots7 bolts movable inthe intermediate barrel and into and out of the end barrels, and handlesmovable in the longitudinal slots and into and ont of the seats.

2. A skid designed for use in connection with a bag equipped withknuckles; said skid comprising a body having barrels eons't1uoted andarranged to be alined With the knucmemo;

nesses.

FANNIE M. ULLMANN. Witnesses:

C. B. STEATMAN, EMIL ULLMANN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner oi )Patente Wnhimgtoh, D. El."

